Bears return to winning ways

Redcar SG Petch Bears returned to winning ways with a comfortable 51-42 victory over the Scunthorpe Scorpions at the Media Prima Arena on Thursday night.

It was a great team effort from the Bears, who were missing Ben Barker due to an accident suffered at home on Thursday morning. Our best wishes go to Ben, who spent Thursday in hospital. The meeting started off with a minutes silence to pay respects to the victims of the tragic incident in Manchester on Monday night.

The meeting itself started off fairly close, and indeed after heat 3 the scores were still level. After that the Bears, aided by a superb home debut by Danny Ayres, took control of the meeting and after 11 heats held a commanding 16 point lead. A tactical ride victory for Lewis Kerr helped close the gap for Scunthorpe, but they ultimately left themselves with too much to do to come away with a league point.

For the Bears, Ayres made a superb start to his career on Teesside with an excellent 8+2 which included a win in his first ride. The returning Ellis Perks rode like he had never been away for a superb 10+1 and Charles Wright also returned from injury to top score with 12. For Scunthorpe, Lewis Kerr top scored with an excellent 14+1 with Michael Palm Toft scoring 11.

The Bears are next in action away at Berwick on Saturday, before facing Glasgow back at the Media Prima Arena next Thursday.